‘People Are Really Over It,’ But COVID Isn’t Over
While the risk is lower, COVID-19 is still here, leaving people to weigh risks and benefits to decide how to live their lives, with many basically ignoring it....
27
May
17
May
Richmond Continues to Consider Uses for Rescue Plan Funds
How to spend the remaining $15.5 million of the American Rescue Plan Act funds granted to the city of Richmond was discussed at Tuesday's City Council meeting....
18
Apr
All COVID Vaccinations to Be Bivalent Vaccine to ‘Simplify’ Recommendations, FDA Says
The COVID-19 vaccine targeting the original coronavirus strain and two substrains of the omicron variant will now be used for all vaccinations in the U.S....
06
Apr
My Parents Paid the Ultimate Price for Disinformation
Misinformation peddlers have been spreading lies about health and disease for decades — and for journalist Natalie Hanson, the cost is personal....
31
Mar
Status Update on Bay Area Health Developments
In the Bay Area's up-and-down economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, many low-income households and communities of color are getting left behind....
15
Mar
Status Update on Bay Area Public Health Developments
The FDA updated its approval Tuesday of the Pfizer-BioNTech booster vaccine, making it available to some children under age five....
13
Mar
COVID Testing and Vaccination Sites Closing in March
Several COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites in Contra Costa County are closing this month Richmond city officials announced late last week....
09
Mar
Disinformation Spreads Like a Disease, Expert Says
As disease has spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, so has disinformation. One expert says the two spread and threaten health in similar ways....
09
Mar
With Climate Change, Comes More Potential Complications for People with Lupus
Heat waves and wildfires, worsened by climate change, exacerbate cardiovascular and respiratory issues and make managing chronic illnesses more difficult....
07
Mar
Vaccine Disinformation Preys on Black Community’s Well-Earned Distrust
Some COVID-19 disinformation targeted at Black people has manipulated their distrust caused by centuries of mistreatment, taking truth out of context....
02
Mar
Student Trustees Work to Support Their Peers
The WCCUSD student trustees are doing their part to help ensure students, in general, and the Black Student Unions, in particular, have the support they need....
01
Mar
Richmond Considers Effects of Ending Pandemic State of Emergency
Richmond is considering ending its state of emergency over COVID-19, which could put an end to eviction moratoriums and virtual meetings....
26
Feb
FDA Approves 1st At-Home Test for Both Flu, COVID
The U.S. Food and Drug Administra authorized the first over-the-counter, at-home test Friday that can detect both the flu and COVID-19....
13
Feb
Visual Disinformation Can Be Especially Persuasive, Expert Warns
Visual disinformation about COVID-19 comes in many forms such as doctored photos, images taken out of context and videos that look real but are completely fake....
12
Feb
Pandemic Pushed Arrests Down, Report Shows
Stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 could help explain why arrests were down in California from early 2020 to mid-2021....
